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preste

preste is the obsolete form of priest.

Meaning of priest

Noun

priest (plural priests)

  1. A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
    • The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
  2. A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
    • They flop and struggle, but she unhooks them swiftly, stunning them with a small brass priest.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 212
  3. (Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.

See all 5 meanings of priest

Forms of preste

pluralprestes

Questions about preste

What is preste the obsolete form of?
Preste is the obsolete form of priest.

Words near preste in the dictionary

  1. prestates
  2. prestation
  3. prestatistical
  4. Prestatyn
  5. Prestbury
  6. preste
  7. Prestea
  8. presteam
  9. presteamed
  10. presteaming
  11. presteams

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